quasi-stationary front

A front which is stationary or nearly so; conventionally, a front which is moving at a speed less than about 5 knots (0.26 meter per second) is generally considered to be quasi-stationary. Commonly known as stationary front.

Related terms:

• stationary front
• occluded front
• quasi-hydrostatic assumption
• antarctic front
• quasi-hydrostatic approximation
• quasi-cratonic
• inactive front
• equatorial front
• intertropical front
• polar front